Bad Neighbours

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This was a fantastic film with some troubling moments of edgy comedy. I would give Bad Neighbours a 6.5/10.

This movie took a great stance upon growing up and the boundary between maturity and immaturity; it's a celebration of what it means to be young and the responsibilities of growing older. As a whole the movie is pretty funny and it's also very well paced. I think the music for this film was great, it really made the film a bit of a party in it's own regard.

Rose Byrne, who played Kelly Radner, was diabolical and absolutely fiercely maternal in places; I really enjoyed her as the leading lady. Ike Barinholtz, who played Jimmy, was brilliant sidekick comedy in that he delivered a lot of the great and unexpected gags of the film. Zac Efron, who played Teddy Sanders, was an intimidating antagonist and really had a great deal of depth to him.

It was Seth Rogan, who played Mac Radner, who really carried this film. He was the ringleader behind both the comedic moments of the film as well as the emotional plot. He was likable and yet he had a great sense of dysfunction that made him quirky.

Bad Neighbours unfortunately took the humour too far in places though, the use of rape jokes and a husband milking his wife's boobs was a step too far. I also think the plot just had spontaneous moments of accepting something and moving on, there was no time for us as an audience to linger on the moments.

Carla Gallo, who played Paula, was just a dumb side character who really added nothing to the story as a whole. Dave Franco, who played Pete, was mediocre and a little monotone to be frank. Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Jerrod Carmichael, who played Scoonie and Garth respectively, became redundant side characters from the get go and actually added very little interesting comedy to the film.